in the ancient last days

Cui Ziqian stood in front of his father with his head downcast.

Cui Zheng, the Patriarch of the Cui family, was furious: "What did you say? You and Chu Shaojun came to look for us alone, and you two were the only ones on the way! This, this, this...a lonely man," he said Cui Ziqian carefully pulled aside, looked around and said carefully, "He didn't do anything to you, did he? Did you find out the identity of your twin sons?"

Cui Ziqian hesitated for a second with a rare expression.

The opposite party immediately jumped up: "I'll go find him."

"Father, you misunderstood. The young master didn't do anything to me. I was reckless before, so, so I was a little bit offended by the young master. It has nothing to do with the young master." Cui Ziqian hurriedly stopped him, bowed his head in shame, and asked him to take the snow in the snow. It was too embarrassing to tell my father about it. After 14 years of education by the Cui family, he did such a thing, and he refused to speak out even if he was beaten to death.

Cui Zheng knew from his expression that the other party must have something to hide from him, and sighed: "Come on... If you like, the Cui family has made some concessions to Chu Zhao. With the Chu family's current power in Jiangyin, It is not impossible for the Cui and Chu families to marry."

Cui Ziqian was in a hurry: "Father, don't talk nonsense, I want to inherit the family, besides..." He quietly glanced at Cui Rongxi, who was overjoyed since seeing Chu Zhao, secretly lowered her head and shyly, the clear His eyes dimmed for a moment.

Shaojun is someone Fifth Sister likes, and he would never do such a thing no matter what.

Cui Zheng sighed deeply again.

...

Chu Zhao walked into the cave.

Different from the mess he imagined where a group of people crowded in the cave, the cave was dug out and the interior was spacious and clean. The cave was covered with a thick layer of hay, which looked comfortable and soft, with a unique aroma.

Inside the cave, there is a large round hole, stone tables, stone benches, stone cups, etc., which are well-prepared. Soft bedding is stacked on the stones. If the ambient light is not dim, it is no different from ordinary houses.

Inside the cave, Bu Lao lit a candle.

The bright yellow candlelight suddenly illuminated the surroundings.

He tremblingly said: "I hope that the young master will not dislike the narrowness of this place."

Chu Zhao shook his head, sat down behind the stone table, scanned the surrounding environment, and then moved to Mr. Bu's face: "I don't know why Mr. Cui asked me to come here."

Bu Lao called him His Highness Shaojun.

Chu Zhao: "Old Bu doesn't need to call me Your Highness."

Although they have royal blood, the relationship between their family and the royal family is actually negligible.

Mr. Bu's face was old, and he spoke slowly and forcefully: "The Young Master is the son of the eldest princess, and His Highness Jing is your husband-in-law. I think there is nothing wrong with calling this old man."

Chu Zhao was silent. For the first time in so many days, he heard Zhou Jing's name from other people's mouths.

"What will the Cui family do in the future? I'm afraid your clan's land will become a hibernation place for mutated crocodiles."

Chu Zhao thought, looking at the satisfied posture, the crocodile group will not be able to leave for a while, maybe their breeding place will be here in the future.

The divination master just smiled, closed his eyes for a long time, and then slowly opened them after a while: "Your Highness Shaojun, what do you think of the alliance between our Cui family and the Chu family?"

alliance?

Chu Zhao was stunned, pondered for a while, and asked, "Is this what you mean, or what the Cui family means?"

The Cui family actually wanted to form an alliance with the Chu family!

He was surprised in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, he could understand the other party's approach. For these aristocratic families, inheritance is the most important thing.The family land is occupied by mutated crocodiles, and it is impossible for Cui to hide in this cave all the time. Instead of holding on to the possibility of the crocodiles leaving, it is better to find a way out by himself.

Speaking of which, the Cui family sent the next generation to the new city early, is it also a kind of show of favor?

Divination is good or bad, ghosts and gods are unpredictable.

It's really... a kind of ability that makes people's heart beat.

Chu Zhao hooked his lips and smiled faintly, and looked at him: "That depends on what Cui can bring to the new city."

What is brought, not what is destroyed.

He would not let any family override the laws of the new city—Chu Zhao hated some of the bad habits of the family in the capital.

The gray-haired divination master: "The Cui family can bring a lot of things, I think the young master also understands how far the Cui family's power can push the young master, even if the young master wants to reach the top position, the Cui family will It can help you too."

"The King's Landing, Forever--"

"Young Master, what do you think?"

Bang, bang, bang.

The room was silent for a while, only the sound of two heartbeats could be heard, one was majestic and powerful, and the other was getting old.

After a while, Chu Zhao looked back, his eyes were clear, and he paused word by word: "My meaning is very clear-it is what Cui can bring to Xincheng, not what I can bring."

There is no need to bring power to him, no need to make him supreme, everything is just for Xincheng.

Bu Lao was taken aback.

After a while, Meiyu smiled gratifiedly: "The temptation of power, even the young master can keep his face intact, you are a rare understanding person."

"I just see it openly, there's nothing to change my face."

Chu Zhao said casually, if it is said whether he is tempted or not, it is indeed a little bit, but he flapped his wings twice in his heart like a bird, which is so light that it can be ignored like the wind.

In today's world, whether there is an emperor or not is completely the same to some people.

Go and ask the people in Xincheng, let someone else sit in the seat of the city lord, replace it with Zhou Huang, and ask them if they would like to?

The answer is definitely not willing, except for Chu Zhao, they don't recognize anyone.

"That being the case, then I will also reveal a piece of news to Young Master." Cui Jiabu always laughed: "Young Master knows that the news of our Cui family has spread all over the world, but these days, for some reason, the connection to the Northland has been blocked. Before the contact was cut off, someone reported a piece of news, presumably Shaojun would like to know."

"Oh? All ears."

"There's a disturbance in Youzhou, the Marquis of Zhenbei led an army to suppress the border, and—" Old Bu's solemn voice sounded in the room:

"His Highness Eight is missing."

Chu Zhao's pupils shrank.

Youzhou.

This poor state city has changed owners several times under the flames of war. Half a year ago, the regent was in charge of the government and the opposition. Finally, he was able to breathe a bit and ushered in a period of stable development.

Now that the regent has disappeared for no reason, and the dragons have no leader, Youzhou has once again fallen into darkness and turmoil, which is worse than before.

"Ah!" a scream

"Crack! Bark again, I'll let you bark, bitch|You're looking for death, aren't you?"

With the sound of whipping, Shuang'er was directly thrown to the ground, and the burning pain made him curl up together: "Don't hit, don't, please, woo woo woo, it hurts so much"

"Bah, you bastard." The man spit on Shuang'er. This Shuang'er had no shelter on his body, and a dog chain was tied around his neck. He was beaten severely on the street in broad daylight. The scene did not surprise passers-by, and they quickened their pace without looking sideways, fearing that they would get into trouble.

After the crown prince came back to the throne, the first thing he ordered was to demote all the twins in the world to sin slaves.

They are heretics, they are monsters, they are deformities - the law stipulates that twins are not allowed to enjoy the same rights as humans, and are treated as domestic animals.

So after the doomsday, the extremely precious Shuang'er was reduced to livestock and poultry in Youzhou. Countless rich and nobles were ecstatic, and trampled these proud Shuang'er under their feet, or took them into the mansion to vent.

—— Completely reduced to a plaything.

A dark room in the basement of the palace.

The man leaning against the cold wall was shaking all over, his ankles twitching intermittently.

The little life in his belly has been tormenting him for more than ten days because of lack of nutrition, and Zhou Jing is almost dead. In this dark environment, he survived with strong willpower.

Zhou Zhao walked in and was a little surprised to see that he was still alive, so he wasn't dead yet?

Looking at the other party with malicious intentions, he finally laughed happily when he saw the other party's miserable state: "Imperial brother, imperial brother, is it not good to be tortured?"

"I really underestimated you, a little twin, who managed to seek power and usurp the throne under my nose, and succeeded—just like our ambitious aunt!"

"The eldest princess...she is not such a person."

"You are still stubborn at this juncture? As expected of you, brother." Zhou Zhao looked at him condescendingly.

"Brother Huang, I never have the slightest idea of ​​wanting to seize the throne. Haven't you seen that the people of Youzhou are in dire straits? What's the difference between those decrees you issued and ordering their lives...... Heng Zheng□□ It will only make the common people hate our royal family even more, brother emperor, please take back your life." Zhou Jing said with cold sweat.

With a slightly protruding belly, hands and feet hang down weakly. The light in the dark room is dim and cold, and the biting cold spreads along the hands and feet. Zhou Jing closed her eyes, curled her hands and feet together and shivered slightly.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Zhao didn't have any sympathy, only full of joy.

He felt that there was nothing wrong with him, what was wrong with him?The elderly, the handicapped, the barren woman—these people should have been deported from the state!It was his kindness to let them go to perish instead of killing them!

"What's wrong with me? Those old and disabled people in this world are a waste of resources. Instead of worrying about these dying people, you should worry about yourself. Think about the bastard in your stomach." Zhou Zhao said viciously. Laughing: "After all, if it continues like this, it won't be able to survive."

"Oh, let me just say, Kyoto was clearly overrun by zombies back then, how did you escape back? You relied on that unknown wild man, right? Tsk tsk tsk, Shuang'er just knows how to seduce people."

The little thing kicked her stomach again, Zhou Jing closed her eyes and gasped, pressing her hands on her stomach.

Be good, baby, be obedient...

Facing Zhou Jing who kept silent like a wooden man, Zhou Zhao gradually lost interest. Looking at the dead face of the other party here is better than going back to the palace to be with the beautiful beauties that were searched.

But looking at Zhou Jing's unreconciled appearance, he was not reconciled, Zhou Zhao laughed, and said the last stimulus before leaving: "By the way, good brother, you don't know yet, right? Shuang'er's status now , It’s all thanks to you, haha!”

The blood flowed backwards, and Zhou Jing's foot suddenly hurt, and he twitched like a dying fish. He gritted his teeth, and was in a panic.

******

cruel.

Every day, under the attack of zombies, countless people will die.

There were millions of zombies outside the city, and the situation inside the city suddenly took a turn for the worse. I don't know how many people were desperate.

Today, the next law is issued again, and the elderly over 60 years old will be directly pushed to the door for "natural elimination", so as to reduce the pressure on the city guards to resist.

As soon as this law came out, it directly caused tens of millions of people to boil, countless families were broken, and wives were separated.

The news of Zhenbei Hou's army suppressing the border has not yet come, and the people of Youzhou have completely lost their fighting spirit.

"I'm going to save His Highness, I'm going to kill that dog prince!" Yong Feng clenched his fists and roared angrily in the room.

Yong Ye sighed: "How are you going to save him? He is already the emperor, protected by the imperial guards, and our two brothers are still wanted by the government. As soon as he shows up, he will be arrested. Tell me how to save him?"

"Then there is no other way? Brother, do you want to watch His Highness be tortured to death by that villain Zhou Zhao?"

"Brother, do you believe what they said that His Highness has disappeared? I don't believe it, he must have been locked up by that dog prince!"

Yong Ye: "Yong Feng, calm down."

"How can I stay calm? Brother, His Highness is suffering, why don't you worry at all!" Yong Feng looked at Yong Ye injured.

Yong Ye was stimulated by his eyes, and stood up: "I'm not in a hurry? Can I not be in a hurry?! Your Highness has raised us since childhood, and treats us like relatives. I'm not a white-eyed wolf! It's just that this matter needs careful attention. In other words, if we act rashly, not only will we not be able to save His Highness, but we will also risk our lives!"

Yong Feng said sullenly: "Then there is no other way...."

Yong Ye rubbed his forehead in distress, remembered something and stood up abruptly: "Wait, Shaojun...Chu Shaojun is in Xincheng, let's go find him, he will definitely come to save His Highness!"

Yong Feng lowered his head and shook his head: "Impossible. Back then, His Highness had such a big conflict with the other party, and left the other party alone to leave and return to Youzhou. I don't think he will help us."

Yongye Wuding said: "Yes."

"Except for Chu Shaojun, we have no one to choose."